Last time White was in town was February 2012, when he performed stand-up at a sold-out Riverside. That's a typical accomplishment for White: he's sold more than 10 million CDs and DVDs and has been one of the top three grossing touring comedians in the U.S. over the past five years. | Oct. 7, 2013»Read Full Article

Hank the Brewers dog is doing much better, thank you. And his eye is improving, too.

"His personality has really started to shine over the last week," said Tyler Barnes, Brewers vice president for communication. "He was a reserved little guy for the first week or so, but he's now much more active. This morning, he was doing sprint laps around the back offices, running from one room to another and playing keep away with one of his toys." | March 5, 2014»Read Full Article(14)

The movie "Flashdance" begins as Jennifer Beals' Alex pedals through a lovingly presented Pittsburgh at sunrise. That bicycle is quirky, as is the time Alex takes to scratch a kitten before setting off — filled with hope that a new day is coming for a dancer moving forward in her own offbeat way.

In the disappointing musical "Flashdance" that landed with a thud at the Marcus Center Tuesday night, we begin in Alex's dreary steel mill, where a search for gravitas means a lengthy backstory about recession and cutbacks — one of many places where this musical unsuccessfully attempts to channel "Billy Elliot." | March 5, 2014»Read Full Article(4)

Like changing Stravinsky's male soldier to a female violinist (played in this production by dancer Christal Wagner). And asking Jason Powell to write a new narration. And blending Stravinsky's original composition with new music from the Sleeping Giant composers collective. | March 5, 2014»Read Full Article

Published in The New Yorker in January, 1960, when the author was 27, "A Sense of Shelter" recycles familiar raw materials from John Updike's early stories: an awkward high school boy whose community believes he will become something special one day, a small-town milieu, and a girl he can't make a match with because his future special destiny gets in the way. | March 5, 2014»Read Full Blog Post

In journalism school we were discouraged from writing leads about the weather. It's a classic rookie move and almost always a cliche. Yet, we've been breaking our own rules day after day for weeks now. That's how exceptional this winter and the anticipation of spring has been.

With a little more than two weeks to go, those of us who enjoy these slippery and freezing conditions should take a last opportunity to gloat. Case in point: Today's forecast calls for snow and a high of 20 degrees. Soon enough, the spring lovers will be crooning about crocus blooms. | March 5, 2014»Read Full Blog Post